The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries: First Do No Harm?

by James Ackers-Johnson, Anya Ahmed, John Chatwin

Book Overview

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book examines the current state of elective placements of medical undergraduate students in developing countries and their impact on health care education at home. Drawing from a recent case study of volunteer deployment in Uganda, the authors provide an in-depth evaluation of the impacts on the students themselves and the learning outcomes associated with placements in low resource settings,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319839225
• ISBN13: 9783319839226
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"